Early Thursday afternoon at the Country Club, when the judge plays his standing game of 9 holes with the prosecutor, you know exactly the amount stakes on the game will be - $25 - and you know who is going to win (as he always does).

(What would be more fun is if the prosecutor's cellphone went off when the judge is on a backswing off one of the greens. Seeing a farksucking weasel prosecutor beat to death with a No. 3 Wood would be great fun!)

Wait, a public figure, a power wielding official, held himself to his own standards? Is that....is that even legal here? I'd love to be able to cite precedence, but I believe this may be the first time its ever happened. Bravo, your honor, bravo.

In Norfolk, Va, legendary traffic court judge Vernon Hitchings (was in the guiness Book of World Records decades ago fpr teh number of cases heard in a day) was stopped for speeding. The cop was going to let him off with a warning, but Hitchings told the cop he would have him fired if he did not issue a ticket.

I was in court one day, and the prosecuting attorney basically gave up a speech before the judge entered. And it went like this:"... Cell phones are absolutely forbidden in court. So do yourself a favor and turn it off now. I don't want vibrations. I don't want to see a screen light up. If you are caught with your phone turned on, it will be confiscated, and you will be required to wait until the end of the day (4:30PM) before you'll be permitted to take it back. And you will also be making a kind donation to the Township."

Queensowntalia:Pud: They even let cell phones in the court room? I've only been to traffic court, but they made you return your phone to the car during the metal detector process.

Must depend where you go. I've been to traffic court too, in NY, and went in with a cell phone. May have made me turn it off, don't remember.

I think ultimately it depends on the judge. I recently spent a day in the jury pool at the county municipal court. Once in a while a group of people would get rounded up and shipped off to a courtroom. Once the bailiff told her group, "This judge demands all cell phones be turned off while court is in session," but the other two bailiffs didn't mention any such restrictions.

One of the things I hate about our justice system is the amount of power judges have. The fact that they can (at their discretion) give wildly differing punishment (based solely on their whims) for the same crime, infraction, etc. is wrong (IMHO).

So FARK is copying the stories from Reddit more quickly now. The're appearing on the same day, but after they hit the front page of Reddit. I guess this is an improvement, if your browser won't bring up Reddit.com or you have a typing disorder.

dukwbutter:So FARK is copying the stories from Reddit more quickly now. The're appearing on the same day, but after they hit the front page of Reddit. I guess this is an improvement, if your browser won't bring up Reddit.com or you have a typing disorder.

Yet you still managed to come over to Fark and comment about it.

Gordon Bennett:Mock26: And today one of the main court houses in Cook County just banned all electronic devices from being brought into the building (jury members exempt).

Erix:Benjimin_Dover: Is this even legal? Wouldn't there be a conflict of interest where he would have to have another judge preside over any action that would involve him?

Are you going to contest it on his behalf?

No. It was just a question for curiosity sake. I applaud him for doing it and am not complaining. Just wondering about the legal aspects. It sounds like he also could (later and when nobody was looking) dismiss it anyways.